Bread
Bread pricing, bakeries, and wheat products
Project WHEAT-NESS Targets Wheat Import Cut
The federal government has launched Project WHEAT-NESS, a 24-month programme to cut Nigeria's wheat import dependence by 10% to 15% within three years. Nigeria imports …
The Ukraine War Reached Your Kitchen. It Did Not Get There Alone.
Retail wheat flour jumped 17.7 index points the month Russia invaded, and the median country paid 26% more by its 2022 peak. But cassava, a …
Cassava Angles for a Place in Bread
Nigeria grows more cassava than any country on earth, yet it still spends billions importing wheat for bread. A renewed push to put 20% high-quality …
Cheaper Flour, Same Costly Loaf
Flour prices have eased, but bread has not followed. Bakers say energy bills, multiple taxation and packaging costs have swallowed the savings, and industry leaders …
Black Sea Wheat Keeps Bread Cheap
A big Black Sea harvest is keeping global wheat prices in check in 2026, even as the United States heads for its smallest crop since …
Big Wheat Harvest, Stubborn Prices
The Black Sea is heading for another bumper wheat crop, yet world prices are refusing to fall the way a big harvest usually forces them …
Black Sea Glut Pulls Wheat Lower
Global wheat prices are easing as strong Black Sea harvests flood the market, with the FAO wheat gauge down 4.4 percent in June. Nigeria, a …